statesmen
- plural of statesman.
Example Sentences
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If Gandhi elevated the hunger strike into a moral weapon, BR Ambedkar, one of India's greatest statesmen, was deeply sceptical of it in independent India.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
The elder statesmen of proto punk isn’t just another act on the Coachella bill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
Compare them to the grizzled, huffy statesmen who previously played those roles, especially in the 2002 ITV adaptation.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
And it keeps its scale small: Warring nations or governments are barely discussed, the reckless conflict of statesmen taken almost as a given.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
The Compromise of 1790 is most famous for averting a political crisis that many statesmen of the time considered a threat to the survival of the infant republic.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
